Phil Anselmo Quotes

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult.

Words are music, really.

Jazz is the language of the emotions.

I really believe in melody.

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

Music is passionate. It's love for me.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

Music is only love looking for words.

The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.

I usually think in terms of music.

Music is so unpredictable, but it's universal.

Music is about feeling.

When I write music, these colors pop out of me. It's hard to describe, but basically when I write music, I paint, and I add colors, and I add notes.

From the beginning, music has been the chosen way to express feelings that words alone can't.

I just love music. I think it's art.

For me, music is pure abstraction.

We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

L'amour n'est pas seulement un sentiment, il est un art aussi. Love is not only a feeling; it is also an art.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

Music...This is the favorite passion of my soul.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.